CatholicUniversity will stage the
classic George Bernard Shaw play “Pygmalion,” a commentary about the
absurdities of social status in Edwardian England, from March 17 through March
20.

The performances are at 7:30 p.m., from Thursday, March 17, through Saturday, March 19, and at 2 p.m. Sunday,
March 20, in Callan Theatre. David Binet is the director.

The CUA production features Professor Henry Higgins taking
on the rigid class system of early-20th-century England
in an elaborate con. Stumbling upon Eliza Doolittle, a common flower girl,
Higgins makes a bet with a friend that he can iron out Eliza’s cockney accent
and guttersnipe ways and present her as a lady to fashionable society. However,
he is unprepared for the independent streak and self-esteem he instills in her.

According to Greek mythology, Pygmalion was a sculptor who
succeeded in bringing his marble statue of a woman to life. George Bernard Shaw
used this legend as the title for his London
stage play, which was made into a 1938 movie of the same title, and whose story
was the basis of the 1964 musical “My Fair Lady.”

Ticket prices are $12, $8 for senior citizens and $5 for
students. For more information, contact the Department of Drama at 202-319-4000
or visit http://drama.cua.edu.

MEDIA: To cover the production, contact Chris
Harrison in the Office of Public Affairs at 202-319-5600.